The fourth visual is meant as a generic hint. Dont read into the specifics of the image.
Quoting Arun:
Four Freedoms is the connect.
First pic is Four FReedoms monument
Second is Norman Rockwell
Third is Roosevelt
Fourth is what rockwell worked for and where his painitngs got printed initially.
Fifth is BEn Shahn's poster when he worked for OWI.
Four freedoms was the theme of Roosy's State of the union address in 1941 on which Rocky made four paintings depicting the four freedoms and these were reproduced in the Saturday evening post for four consecutive weeks in 1943. Now to educate people about participation in ww2 (which was what the 4 freedoms were about), this chap made these paintings but it was rejected initially by the govt as they wanted a real artist. There was one faction in the OWI which supported Ben Shahn's but Shahn's work would not be used extensively for propaganda because it lacked general appeal. This is where Shahn comes in. FInally they got printd in the S.E.P and upon seeing how popular it was, OWI started printing it.
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Four Freedom is the connect.
First pic is Four FReedoms monument
Second is Norman Rockwell
Third is Roosevelt
Fourth is what rockwell worked for and where his painitngs got printed initially.
Fifth is BEn Shahn's poster when he worked for OWI.
Four freedoms was the theme of Roosy's State of the union address in 1941 on which Rocky made four paintings depicting the four freedoms and these were reproduced in the Saturday evening post for four consecutive weeks in 1943. Now to educate people about participation in ww2 (which was what the 4 freedoms were about), this chap made these paintings but it was rejected initially by the govt as they wanted a real artist. There was one faction in the OWI which supported Ben Shahn's but Shahn's work would not be used extensively for propaganda because it lacked general appeal. This is where Shahn comes in. FInally they got printd in the S.E.P and upon seeing how popular it was, OWI started printing it.
The connect is 'Four Freedoms'
1st is 'Four Freedoms' monument, well somewhere da...
2nd is Norman Rockwell, who drew the posters of 'Four Freedoms'
3rd is Franklin D Roosevelt, who commissioned it...or rather propounded the idea.
4th is the Saturday Evening Post, where the posters were first published.
5th is one of the war posters considered for propaganda for one of the freedoms, but was later passed over.
Thru extensive googling and wikiing, Ive come to the following :
1) Four Freedoms Monument
2) Norman Rockwell
3) FDR
4) Saturday Evening Post
5) Ben Shahn poster for the US dept of war
FDR made a speech highlighting the 4 Freedoms (Freedom of Speech, Freedom of Worship, Freedom from want, Freedom from Fear) in his 1941 State of the Union Address.
The Momument was inspired by that (to symbolize the 4 ideals).
Norman Rockwell the artist was inspired to create 4 paintings symbolizing the 4 freedoms.
He made them to be used as war propoganda posters during WW2 but the US Dept of war didn't accept them.
He was also an artist for the Saturday Evening Post, so the Post decided to publish them.
They became very famous, and then the Govt took them up as war posters, and later put them on stamps etc. and also used them to generate funds for the war, thru war bonds.
Ben Shahn's poster was rejected by the US Dept of war as a war propoganda poster "since it didnt have general appeal", and they went with Rockwell's posters instead.
Vishal
The connect is the Four Freedoms Paintings.
(PIC1)- the Four Freedoms Monument
"The Four Freedoms or Four Essential Human Freedoms is a series of oil paintings produced in 1943 by Norman Rockwell (PIC2)."
"The Four Freedoms theme was derived from the 1941 State of the Union Address by United States President Franklin Roosevelt (PIC3)."
"The series was made for reproduction in The Saturday Evening Post(PIC4)."
(PIC5)- The Four Freedoms Posters were used by the office of war information in preference to this poster by Ben Shahn
Regards
Alva
P.S. - Nice one
Four Freedoms
four freedoms monument
norman rockwell-four freedoms painting
franklin roosvelt-four freedoms speech
saturday evening post-cover painted by rockwell for 40 years
ben shahn-his poster was passed over in favour of rockwell's
Image 3 is Roosevelt. Image 2 is Norman Rockwell. Rockwell made a series of paintings called the Four Freedoms series, based on a speech by Roosevelt.
Image 1 is a monument to the same. Rockwell worked as an art editor of Saturday evening post.
I think that image 5 is an example of the US Dept of war's heavy propaganda poster series, many of which were replaced by the four freedoms series.
1. 4 freedoms monument .
2. Norman Rockwell who inspired by FDR(3.)'s speech made the 4 freedoms paintings published in the evening post(4.) .
5. Referrence to curbing freedom of speech by the Nazi's????
Vishruth
[3] Franklin D Roosevelt - came up with the "Four Freedoms" goals, and commisioned [1]
[1] Four Freedoms Monument at Evansville, Indiana
[2] Norman Rockwell, produced four paintings inspired by the Four Freedoms
[4] The Saturday Evening Post, for which [2] was an illustrious illustrator. Also, the paintings were reproduced for the magazine alongside related articles.
pic 1: Four Freedoms Monument
pic 2: Norman Rockwell Navajo
pic 3: FDR
Connection:
the monument was made in honour of the Four Freedoms Speech by FDR during WWII.
Norman Rockwell, was inspired by Roosevelt's vision to create his own visual depiction of the Four Freedoms — in his case, through a series of four paintings completed in early 1943 and published in the Saturday Evening Post.
Norman Rockwell. Himself in 2nd pic, Four Freedoms inspired by FDR, he used to illustrate for the mag
Basically, the funda is, the connect is Four Freedoms. The FF Monument, which was inspired by the FF paintings painted by Rockwell inspired by a speech by FDR and they appeared first in the magazine.
four freedoms
(2)Norman Rockwell in 1943, painted the "Four Freedoms" series, which was inspired by a speech by (3)Franklin Roosevelt. The series was published in (4)'The Saturday Evening Post'.
(5) is a poster by Ben Shahn. (5) and the 'Four Freedoms' series were both rejected as war posters during WWII by the Office of War Information.
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